also: じだい · じしろ
noun
land rent; ground rent
Refers to rent paid for the use of land, as opposed to rent for a building (家賃). Common in legal, real estate, and economic contexts.
この土地の地代は月に5万円です。
The land rent for this plot is 50,000 yen per month.
地代の値上げについて交渉した。
We negotiated about the increase in land rent.
Obsolete kana reading じしろ; not used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 地 (chi, 'land') and 代 (dai, 'charge' or 'fee'). The reading ちだい is the standard modern form.